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the inner nares, sphenoidals also in two groups, separat- 

 ed from the former and each other; tongue oval, adhe- 

 rent in front; parietal bones osseus; prasmaxillaries two, 

 fontanelle wanting; toes rudimentary, palmate at base, 

 four in front and four behind. 



1. Hemidactyluiii scntaluin. Schlegel, 



Synonyms, Salamandra fusca, Green, Jour. A. N. 

 Science, Phil. 1818, page 357, not Rafinesque; Sala- 

 mandra scutata, Schlegel; Salamandra melanostica, 

 Gibbes; Desmodactylus melanosticus, Dumeril and 

 Bibron. 



Color above brown, muzzle yellowish, limbs and tail 

 orange brown; upper surface with black spots on each 

 side scattered irregularly; beneath white, with pitchy 

 black spots especially numerous in the gular region; 

 head large; muzzle obtuse; eyes not very prominent; 

 iris yellow ; pupil black ; gular fold well developed ; cos- 

 tal furrows w r ell marked; skin of the back similarly cut 

 making it resemble scutae; body cylindrical, short; 

 limbs slender; tail round at base, compressed distally, 



